The WORST episodes of Beetlejuice

Every episode of Beetlejuice ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Beetlejuice!

Based on the movie, created by Tim Burton, this series is focused on Beetlejuice and Lydia teamed up to carry on multiple exciting adventures. Beetlejuice is a liar who cheats at everything. The deceased maniacal and energetic transformer always goes around having fun, breaking every rule and law. Lydia Deetz is a social outcast and a goth. Always dressed in black, she loves horror movies, and is Beetlejuice's best friend. She is calm and level-headed.

Last Updated: 1/18/2026Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
A-Ha!
star
4.75
4 votes

#1 - A-Ha!

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/20/1990

When Doomie disappears BJ becomes the famed Neitherworld detective Sherlock Homely in order to track him down.

Directors: Robin Budd
Writer: J.D. Smith
Spooky Boo-tique
star
5.13
8 votes

#2 - Spooky Boo-tique

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/1990

Lydia's creepy fashions gain the girls a spot in the Peaceful Pines Mondo Mall -- only no one's interested. So Mr. Beetleman sends a message over the airwaves...

Directors: Robin Budd
Writer: Tony Marino
Back to School Ghoul
star
5.50
4 votes

#3 - Back to School Ghoul

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1991

Beetlejuice's license to drive people crazy is revoked, as he didn't finish Kindergarten. Then, Lydia must help him out in order to graduate from Kindergarten and win his license back.

Scarecrow
star
6.00
1 votes

#4 - Scarecrow

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/27/1990

Beetlejuice takes a job as a scarecrow at a beetle farm.

The Really Odd Couple
star
6.25
4 votes

#5 - The Really Odd Couple

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/20/1990

When Beetlejuice blows up the Monster Across the Street's house, he is obligated to take the Monster and Poopsie in (or Jacques and Ginger will rat him out). Desperate to rid himself of his unwanted roommates, BJ even tries rebuilding the Monster's house for him -- only to find out that the Monster likes the Roadhouse! What will BJ do?

Doomie's Romance
star
6.33
3 votes

#6 - Doomie's Romance

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1991

Doomie falls in love with the Mayor's pink car (which Doomie dubs 'Pinky'). The down side is, Pinky isn't alive like Doomie. Besides that, both Beetlejuice and Mayor Maynot are adamantly against the relationship. How can this story possibly have a happy ending?

Uncle B.J.'s Roadhouse
star
6.50
2 votes

#7 - Uncle B.J.'s Roadhouse

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/27/1990

Beetlejuice hosts a morbid Pee-wee's Playhouse-esque children's show.

Mom's Best Friend
star
6.67
3 votes

#8 - Mom's Best Friend

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1991

When Beetlejuice is collared while in dog form, he gets stuck that way. Lydia calls him to the Outerworld where Delia promptly adopts him as the dog she always wanted.

It's the Pits
star
6.89
9 votes

#9 - It's the Pits

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/11/1989

Beetlejuice makes it big as an armpit musician, and throws his friends out in the cold.

Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice
star
7.00
11 votes

#10 - Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/21/1989

Beetlejuice's neighbours kick him out, so he tries to be a 'good neighbour.' But unfortunately, Beetlejuice's idea of a good neighbour isn't quite the same one his friends have. It looks like Beetlejuice is out of a place to stay-until he proves to the others that there is one thing that he's good for.

Scare and Scare Alike
star
7.00
5 votes

#11 - Scare and Scare Alike

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1990

It's Scary Fool's Day in the Neitherworld and Beetlejuice and Lydia are trying to outdo each other.

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Spitting Image
star
7.00
4 votes

#12 - Spitting Image

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1991

When BJ gets split while in amoebae form, Lydia suddenly finds herself in double the weirdness as usual. And it just goes to prove that no one can get along with Beetlejuice, not even himself.

Brides of Funkenstein
star
7.00
2 votes

#13 - Brides of Funkenstein

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/19/1991

It's the Battle Of the Bands: Lydia's band, The Brides of Funkenstein, and Clare's band, The Clarenettes. Which band will get to perform at the annual girl's/boy's school mixer?

Recipe for Disaster
star
7.00
4 votes

#14 - Recipe for Disaster

Season 4 - Episode 40 - Aired 11/1/1991

Lydia's Caesar salad comes to life and attempts to take over the Neitherworld with his legion of surly vegetables. Can BJ and Lydia usurp Caesar and get the rightful rulers of Aroma back on the throne?

Stage Fright
star
7.24
25 votes

#15 - Stage Fright

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/30/1989

Miss Shannon's school is putting on Romeo and Juliet, and Lydia tries out for the part of Juliet. But Clare wants it too and sabotages Lydia's audition. For revenge, Lydia becomes the costume designer and designs a costume she knows Clare will hate-but Beetlejuice's got other plans for revenge.

Directors: Robin Budd
Writer: Doug Molitor
The Prince of Rock and Roll
star
7.25
4 votes

#16 - The Prince of Rock and Roll

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/12/1991

Prince Vince wishes that his subjects would love him, so he decides to be a rock and roll star. But his music is so depressing everyone hates it. In order to spare his feelings, Lydia tells him his music is wonderful. The bad effect of this is, now Prince Vince is on perpetual tour. With the entire Neitherworld depressed beyond hope, it may be time for Lydia to tell Vince the truth.

Awards to the Wise
star
7.25
4 votes

#17 - Awards to the Wise

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/1991

When people all around him start winning trivial awards, Beetlejuice decides that he wants one too. But who in their right mind would give Beetlejuice an award?

Pat on the Back
star
7.30
10 votes

#18 - Pat on the Back

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/4/1989

Beetlejuice says he deserves a 'pat on the back' and he gets one, in the form of a weird little guy with an Irishoid accent who actually grows out of his back. Pat then proceeds to get Beetlejuice in a lot of trouble with the Mayor, and only Lydia has the insight to help him out of it.

A Star is Bored
star
7.33
3 votes

#19 - A Star is Bored

Season 4 - Episode 36 - Aired 10/28/1991

Beetlejuice becomes the Neitherworld's grossest movie star, and finds that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be. Lydia then has to help him back into poverty by ""cleaning up his act.""

Raging Skull
star
7.34
35 votes

#20 - Raging Skull

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/1991

Jacques tries to achieve his afterlife-long dream of becoming Mr. Neitherworld, with one obstacle: namely, Armhold Musclehugger, the current reigning King of Fitness. How can someone with no muscles possibly compete with someone built like a Greek god?

Robbin Juice of Sherweird Forest
star
7.40
5 votes

#21 - Robbin Juice of Sherweird Forest

Season 4 - Episode 58 - Aired 11/27/1991

Yes, Beetlejuice moves to Sherweird Forest and attempts to steal from the rich and...what was that other part again? Oh well. But then the Sheriff of RottingHam kidnaps Lydia and he must rescue her from Prince John DonJuan, the Sherweird Florist, before she crumbles under his bad puns.

Laugh of the Party
star
7.40
15 votes

#22 - Laugh of the Party

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/7/1989

It's Halloween and Clare's throwing the biggest bash in Peaceful Pines-until Lydia announces that she, too will throw a party. But there are a few problems: 1) all she has to wear is a cute pink bunny costume; 2) there will be no food or decorations; 3) No one is coming. Well, never fear, Mr. Beetleman is here! Beetlejuice introduces Peaceful Pines to 'Party People In a Can', and boy, the town will never be the same.

Dragster of Doom
star
7.43
7 votes

#23 - Dragster of Doom

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1990

Beetlejuice and Lydia decide that it's time for them to have a car of their own, so they rebuild a salvaged one they find in a Neitherworld wrecking yard. But Beetlejuice delivers Lydia an abnormal carburetor for installation...and although the car they create looks normal at first, it soon becomes evident that he's quite abnormal.

In the Schticks
star
7.50
2 votes

#24 - In the Schticks

Season 4 - Episode 39 - Aired 10/31/1991

When Beetlejuice and Lydia pull a scam, Lydia gets sentenced to washing dishes at The Last Resort Resort on the River Schticks. Beetlejuice, haunted by memories of his Uncle Sid and Aunt Irma, who used to take him to the Last Resort Resort when he was a baby, rushes to Lydia's rescue. Can they survive the awful jokes that abound everywhere on the River Schticks?

Sore Feet
star
7.50
6 votes

#25 - Sore Feet

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/11/1991

Beetlejuice's feet decide they aren't being treated right and strike out on their own. BJ must find them before they get themselves in trouble.